Morrow v. Pacific University

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board upholding SAIF’s denial of her claim for compensation. She argues that the Board erred in holding that her claim is for an occupational disease rather than an occupational injury and that, under either standard, her condition is compensable. We reverse and remánd.

Claimant, age 58, was employed by Pacific University as an office manager in its optometry clinic. She had worked there for seven years. She had surgery in 1977 to clip a ruptured brain aneurysm. Six months later, a fall caused the clip to loosen, and she underwent…